By [Retro21]

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Hi,

I've got a Japanese PS3 console. I don't have a HD TV (nor can afford one!) I can play R:FoM and Virtua Tennis on it, but not Tiger Woods or Oblivion, the error message is because my the PS can't run the game in HD mode.

I was wondering if people have come across other PAL games that work on a Japanese PS3 (without HD tv), like Resistance and Oblivion.

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Patience is a vitrue :D lol
Yeah, Oblivion is PAL and will only work on EU PS3's.
You will have to import games from Japan unless they are region free.
Blu-Ray films are ok at the moment because they are region free

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You will have to import games from Japan unless they are region free.
Blu-Ray films are ok at the moment because they are region free
games are region free blu ray films are not.
there are some blu ray films that are region free but most seem to not be.
as for the games not working i think its some thing to do with the the resolution on pal tvs being different to the japanese ones, to get around this all you have to do is buy a hdtv :( sorry thats the only way i know that you can get arround it.

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You got that the other way around. Most PS3 games are region free, Blu-Ray movies are all region coded so far.
no all a region locked, i have house of flying daggeres from america and that works fine on my ps3, there is a site some where that list films that are region free and a lot of them are at the moment.
as for importing games try yes asia.

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They must be region.. Oblivion was released under Ubisoft for it's PAL version.. Why bother making a specific PAL version if theyre supposed to be region free??
Sorry, I'm not trying to sound cocky lol, I want to know myself.. ;)
lol thats cool i dont think your being cocky ;).
i have a uk ps3 and a copy of railfan (i wanted a japanese game so had to get some thing stubid :)) on the box it says that is japanese just it works fine on my uk ps3.
its the same with the psp i have a lot of asian america and uk psp games that all have different regions on but they all work fine.
as i said before i think its the resolution of the your tv and nothing to do with the region coding.

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so, even if I import the game from USA it won't work because I don't have a HD TV?
bump.
i dont really know 100% about full games, but i do know of other ps3 users on this forum that have downloaded demos from the american psn store but they would only play in black and white on there SDtvs.